38 Bible Verses About Correction

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.